My employer wants me to show my real location on LinkedIn, but I'm looking for a job in a different location
On my LinkedIn profile, I had a location different from my actual one. The reason was that I’m looking for a job with relocation opportunities to another country. However, my employer noticed this and asked me to change it to my real location. This request isn’t entirely unreasonable. I can’t go into details, but there are legal and PR implications for the company if it appears that employees are working from elsewhere. As a result, I changed my location to the real one, since I don’t have a solid explanation for why it was set differently. I also don’t want my current employer to know that I’m job hunting. That said, setting my LinkedIn location to where I’m actually looking for jobs has significantly helped me get interviews. Direct applications rarely work, but when I set the "right" location, recruiters actively reach out and offer interviews for interesting positions. Is there anything I can do to keep my job search active while maintaining privacy from my current employer? As far as I know, LinkedIn doesn’t allow multiple accounts and may ban me for creating one. Blocking specific people would likely raise further suspicion.
On my LinkedIn profile, I had a location different from my actual one. The reason was that I’m looking for a job with relocation opportunities to another country.
However, my employer noticed this and asked me to change it to my real location. This request isn’t entirely unreasonable. I can’t go into details, but there are legal and PR implications for the company if it appears that employees are working from elsewhere.
As a result, I changed my location to the real one, since I don’t have a solid explanation for why it was set differently. I also don’t want my current employer to know that I’m job hunting. That said, setting my LinkedIn location to where I’m actually looking for jobs has significantly helped me get interviews. Direct applications rarely work, but when I set the "right" location, recruiters actively reach out and offer interviews for interesting positions.
Is there anything I can do to keep my job search active while maintaining privacy from my current employer? As far as I know, LinkedIn doesn’t allow multiple accounts and may ban me for creating one. Blocking specific people would likely raise further suspicion.
